Movie Info

In a near-empty Northfork orphanage, Father Harlan gently tends to Irwin, a comatose eight-year-old who lies near death. As orphanage caretaker Harlan...(read more...) reads aloud about Northfork's years-ago forced evacuation to make way for a hydro-electric dam, Irwin's imagination takes flight. In his subconscious, characters from the history of Northfork's dam come to life, helping to prepare Irwin as he struggles to come to terms with his own impending "evacuation."

Director: Michael Polish

MPAA: PG-13

Running Time: 1 hr. 34 min.

Release Date: Jul 11, 2003

Cast: Anthony Edwards, Ben Foster, Claire Forlani, Daryl Hannah, Duel Farnes, Graham Beckel, James Woods, Jon Gries, Josh Barker, Kyle MacLachlan, Mark Polish, Marshall Bell, Nick Nolte, Peter Coyote, Robin Sachs